Draft:Laurence Wainwright

Laurence Wainwright is an interdisciplinary academic at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. He is Director of the MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment, which is the most applied to graduate programme at the University of Oxford per place Wainwright is a Research Fellow at Green Templeton College and a Contributor Researcher and Facilitator in the Department of Psychiatry. Wainwright's work on the health impacts of climate change has received significant media coverage - especially a 2022 article on the mental health impacts of heatwaves Wainwright believes that climate change induced temperature increases will pose considerable challenges for those with a mental health condition In 2023, Wainwright provided expert oral and written evidence to a House of Commons inquiry into the preparedness of the UK to deal with extreme heat. In 2024 Wainwright was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Oxford Wainwright completed his PhD in Business Administration at the University of Gothenburg and the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, he holds Master of Science in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University, a Master of Education from the Queensland University of Technology, and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Business (Honours) from the University of Technology Sydney